Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Custar (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Custar. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Custar is located in Wood County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Wood County: Hancock, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Putnam, Sandusky & Seneca.
Below are the counties that are near Custar. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Custar:
- Wood County (The home county of Custar)
- The following are listed by their distance from Custar, with the one closest to Custar listed first.
- Milton Center
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Milton Center is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Weston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Hoytville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Grand Rapids
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hammansburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- Cygnet
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Portage
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Portage is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portage
- Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
- Tontogany
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bowling Green
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- The Village is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Village
- North Baltimore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Jerry City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jerry City is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jerry City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 437 people
- Bairdstown
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Bairdstown is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bairdstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
- Allen County
- Bluffton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Defiance County
- The following are listed by their distance from Custar, with the one closest to Custar listed first.
- Ayersville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Ayersville is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ayersville
- Jewell
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Jewell is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jewell
- Defiance
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Williamstown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Williamstown is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williamstown
- Brunersburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Brunersburg is located in Defiance County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brunersburg
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Custar, with the one closest to Custar listed first.
- Plattston ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Plattston is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plattston
- Swanton
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Delta
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- West Delta
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- West Delta is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Delta
- Wauseon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Ai
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ai is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ai
- Assumption
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Assumption is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Assumption
- Lytton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Lytton is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lytton
- Siney ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Siney is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Siney
- Pettisville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pettisville is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pettisville
- Leslie ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Leslie is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
- Advance
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Advance is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Advance
- Eckley ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Eckley is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eckley
- Eckley has also been known as:
- Eckley Station
- Hancock County
- The following are listed by their distance from Custar, with the one closest to Custar listed first.
- Hancock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- McComb
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Van Buren
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Lewisburg ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Lewisburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisburg
- Moffitt ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Moffitt is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moffitt
- Wineland ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Wineland is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wineland
- Benton Ridge
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Benton Ridge is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Ridge
- Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
- Findlay
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Arcadia
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Rawson
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Mount Cory
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mount Cory is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Cory
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Cannonsburg ‑ Historic
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Cannonsburg is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannonsburg
- West Independence
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- West Independence is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Independence
- Henry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Custar, with the one closest to Custar listed first.
- Deshler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- McClure
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Grelton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
- Hamler
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Malinta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Elery
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Elery is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elery
- Colton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Colton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colton
- Liberty Center
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Holgate
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Napoleon
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Bavaria
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- New Bavaria is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bavaria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
- Florida
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Florida is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florida
- Population from the 2020 Census: 213 people
- Pleasant Bend
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Bend is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Bend
- Lucas County
- The following are listed by their distance from Custar, with the one closest to Custar listed first.
- Bailey ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Bailey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bailey
- Bailey has also been known as:
- Bailey Station
- Tondagamies Village ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Tondagamies Village is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tondagamies Village
- Whitehouse
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Waterville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Maumee
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Sharples
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Sharples is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sharples
- Holland
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Air Line Junction
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Air Line Junction is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Air Line Junction
- Ottawa Hills
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Ottawa Hills is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ottawa Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,534 people
- Berkey
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Berkey is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berkey
- Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
- East Toledo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- East Toledo is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Toledo
- Toledo
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Auburndale ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Auburndale is located in Lucas County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburndale
- Ottawa County
- Genoa
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Paulding County
- Oakwood
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Oakwood is located in Paulding County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
- Putnam County
- The following are listed by their distance from Custar, with the one closest to Custar listed first.
- Belmore
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Belmore is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belmore
- Population from the 2020 Census: 143 people
- Townwood
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Townwood is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townwood
- Leipsic Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Leipsic Junction is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leipsic Junction
- Leipsic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Leipsic
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- West Leipsic is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Leipsic
- Population from the 2020 Census: 188 people
- Gilboa
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Gilboa is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gilboa
- Population from the 2020 Census: 173 people
- Miller City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Glandorf
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ottawa
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kieferville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Kieferville is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kieferville
- Pandora
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pandora is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pandora
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,101 people
- Continental
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Columbus Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Sandusky County
- The following are listed by their distance from Custar, with the one closest to Custar listed first.
- Woodville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Gibsonburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Helena
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Burgoon
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Burgoon is located in Sandusky County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burgoon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
- Seneca County
- The following are listed by their distance from Custar, with the one closest to Custar listed first.
- Fostoria
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Alvada
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Alvada is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alvada
- Bascom
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Custar, see our County-by-County Page for Custar.
Cemeteries Near Custar ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Custar.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Custar - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Custar covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Custar, with the one closest to Custar listed first.
- St. Louis Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Milton Twp. Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Richfield Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Angell Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Pottertown Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- St. Johns Lutheran Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Westfield Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfield Cemetery
- The Westfield Cemetery has also been known as:
- Old Weston Cemetery
- Weston Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston Cemetery
- The Weston Cemetery has also been known as:
- New Weston Cemetery
- Weston Twp. Cemetery
- Peace Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wingston Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Jackson Twp. Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (370 more) ...
- Beaver Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Fayler Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hockman Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Custar had a population of 329 people in 1895 with a post office and railroad service. In 2020, Custar had a population of 184 people.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Custar, with the one closest to Custar listed first.
- Milton Center
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Milton Center is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton Center
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Haney ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Haney is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haney
- Weston
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Westhope
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Westhope is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westhope
- Deshler
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Wingston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Wingston is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wingston
- Hoytville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Hoytville is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoytville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 318 people
- Digby
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Digby is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Digby
- McClure
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hancock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Hancock is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hancock
- Grand Rapids
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Hammansburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Hammansburg is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammansburg
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Bays
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Bays is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bays
- Rudolph
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Rudolph is located in Wood County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rudolph
- Grelton
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Grelton is located in Henry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grelton
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Custar. See our List of 1890's Communities around Custar.
Newspapers Published in the Vicinity of Custar ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 40 newspapers that have been published in the area around Custar.
We have organized these newspapers into two lists:
- A Local Newspaper List - focusing on the papers published in the immediate area of Custar. There are actually two parts to this list - papers printed in the immediate area of Custar and those printed in the larger area surrounding Custar.
- An Extended Newspaper List - a longer list, sorted by paper name and containing those papers published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4> of Custar.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Custar:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Wood County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allen County
- Defiance County
- Fulton County
- Hancock County
- Henry County
- Lucas County
- Ottawa County
- Paulding County
- Putnam County
- Sandusky County
- Seneca County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Custar, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Custar) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |